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Most sections in our weekly brief will be a couple of hundred words long, explaining what, how, and why it matters. We’ll provide links so you can find out more. As we read through long reports, and hear about key events, we’ll highlight th…
It began when New York journalist and author Stephen J. Dubner went to Chicago to write about award-winning economist Steven D. Levitt for The New York Times Magazine. Dubner had been reluctant to take the assignment (he was in the middle o…